 What appeared to me wonderful was, that none of them came home without bringing something: one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if she could get nothing else. ' The window, upon which those ants had...  Memoirs of Literature - Page 2071722Full view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - English essays - 1714 - 382 pages
...one brought a Grain of Wheat, ano4 ther a Grain of Rye or Oats, or a Particle-of dry Earth, 4 if the could get nothing elfe. ' The Window, upon which thofe Ants had made their • -Settlement, looked into a Garden, and was two Stories « high. Some went to the further end of the Garden, ' others to... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1734 - 382 pages
...What appeared t» me wonderful^ * was, That none of them- came Home without bringing * Something : one brought a Grain of Wheat, another a * Grain of...nothing elfe. *• THE Window, upon which thofe Ants had mad.? * their Settlement, looked into a Garden, and was two « Stories high. Some went to the farther... | |
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...excurfions. What appeared to me wonderful, was, that none of them came home without bring ing fomething : one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if fhe could get nothing elfe. ' The window upon which thofe Ants had made their fettlement, looked into... | |
 | 1785 - 772 pages
...to me wonderful, was, that none of them came home without I bringing fomething: one brought a groin of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if (he could get nothing elle. ' The window, upon which thofe ants had made their fettlement, looked into... | |
 | 1797 - 550 pages
...excurfions. What appeared to me wonderful was, that none of them came home without bringing fomething : one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye...' The window, upon which thofe ants had made their fettlement, looked into a garden, and was two ftories high. Some went to the farther end of the garden,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...What appeared to me very wonderful, •was, that none of them came home without bringing something : one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if she could get nothing else, ; . " The window, upon which those ants had made their settlement, looked... | |
 | 1807 - 552 pages
...rambles. What appeared to me wonderful was, that none of them came home ^without bringing something ; one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if she could get nothing else. The window; upon which those ants had made their settlement, looked into... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 334 pages
...excursions. What appeared to me wonderful was, that none of them came home without bringing something: one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if she could get nothing else. ' The window, upon which those ants had made their settlement, looked into... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 328 pages
...excursions. What appeared to me very wonderful, was, that none of them came home without bringing something : one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if she could get nothing else. " The window, upon which those ants had made their settlement, looked into... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...excursions. What appeared to me wonderful, was, that none of them came home without bringing something : one brought a grain of wheat, another a grain of rye or oats, or a particle of dry earth, if she could get nothing else. "The window, upon which those ants had made their settlement, looked into... | |
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